"Detection of Tuberculosis Specific Biomarkers in Patient Urine using a Waveguide-based Optical Biosensor”, Keystone Symposium: Tuberculosis: From Lab Research to Field Trials, Vancouver, BC, April 2007.

CRADA with Biomagnetics Diagnostics Inc.,$489,000. Development of the Optical Biosensor Technology for Commercialization. Principal Investigator

NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, Effective October 2006-October 2008. "Detection of Tuberculosis Antigens in Patient Samples using the Waveguide based Optical Biosensor developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory".

Ms. Dominique N. Price. Post-Baccalaureate student. 2007-2011. Currently graduate student at the University of New Mexico, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program. Invited to attend the Nobel Laureates Meeting in Lindau, Germany, in June 2011. Co-author on five peer-reviewed manuscripts.

Ms. Jessica Kubicek-Sutherland: Summer student 2006-2007, Post-Baccalaureate Student 2008-2009. Co-author in three peer-reviewed publications. Placed Second in biology in the Department of Defense Annual SeRCH Competition held at Oakridge national Laboratory in 2009. NSF Fellowship. Currently Graduate student at University of Santa Barbara.

Mr. Jesse M. Resnick. Summer Student 2007-2008. Post-baccalaureate student 2009-2010. Co-author in one manuscript currently being submitted for publication. Placed third in chemistry in the Department of Defense Annual Serch Competition held at Oakridge national Laboratory in 2009. M.D./Ph. D Student at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Ms. Felicia Archuleta. Post-baccalaureate student 2010-2011. Presented at the Los Alamos National laboratory Student Symposium. Accepted to graduate program at the New Mexico Highlands University.

Dr. Ramamurthy Sakamuri. Post-doctoral fellow. 2010-2012. Presented at the international tuberculosis research center annual symposium in S. Korea in October 2010, and other conferences. Author on four manuscripts in preparation/review. Co-inventor on one provisional patent application. Currently post-doctoral fellow at the New York University.

Dr. Sandeep Kumar. Post-doctoral fellow. 2010-2012. Presented at the American Chemical Society Annual Meeting in Denver Colorado, August 2011. Author on two peer reviewed manuscripts. Currently a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Andrew Bradbury, Bioscience Division.

Dr. Mark Wolfenden, Co-mentor with Dr. J. Schmidt, now Post-doctoral fellow at the University of Montana, author on one peer-reviewed manuscript.

Dr. Xiolei Zuo, Co-mentor with Dr. R. F. Williams and B.I. Swanson, Now a staff scientist in China, Finishing aptamers research initiated by Dr. Zuo to prepare for a manuscript submission.